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Though predicting earthquakes is an "in-exact science," Adam M. Dziewonski, professor of Geology, said yesterday that another one of the same magnitude--about 5.8 on the Richter scale--will erupt again in the near future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Geophysicists Predict No More Quakes Here Soon | 1/15/1982 | See Source »

...Wojciech Jaruzelski announces that the "state of war" in his country has been downgraded to the "state of Mississippi." In the face of criticism from the West, Jaruzelski declares sternly, "This is no different from the United States, the Gulf region to be exact." Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk is reported churning out three sternwheelers a week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Hit Squads' From the Quad | 1/15/1982 | See Source »

...crisis and that "business as usual," as he put it, could not go on with the Soviets. He said he had sent a strong letter of protest to Leonid Brezhnev. Reagan's resolve quickened after he received the Soviet President's response on Christmas Day. Though the exact contents of Brezhnev's letter have not been divulged, Reagan publicly described the note as "negative" and told one aide that it offered "no encouragement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sanctions as a Symbol | 1/11/1982 | See Source »

Surprisingly enough, few detailed studies exist about the actual cost of remediation and how effective it is. Horizons Unlimited, a special program at Florida State University, now screens and trains about 200 underprepared students. Director Earl Gordon has no exact count but as evidence of the program's success can point to graduates who have become doctors, businessmen and lawyers. At the 170,000-student City University of New York, well known for its mission to educate all comers, there are no plans to cut back open admissions, even though remediation costs $33 million annually. All incoming freshmen must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Toughening Up on Admissions | 1/11/1982 | See Source »

...definitely had more people come in here in the last week. It's hard to give exact numbers, but the increase in people coming to us with problems is very noticeable," Hugh Russ '82, co-director of Room 13, said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reading Period Stress Causes Problems Among Students | 1/8/1982 | See Source »

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